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  • artisan bread in five minutes a day

    ARTISAN BREAD IN FIVE MINUTES A DAY

    Artisan bread in five minutes a day by Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg It’s such an appealing concept. Bread like it was made by a masterchef, but made by you! Bread like it took a lifetime of learning mysterious skills, but made in five minutes...

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  • bread in half the time

    BREAD IN HALF THE TIME

    Bread in half the time by Linda West Eckhardt and Diani Collingwood Butts This is ‘the’ bread book on using your microwave oven to speed up the rising process and thus reduce the time taken to make bread from start to finish.  It is a...

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  • sourdough similar to breads from the la brea bakery method

    BREADS FROM THE LA BREA BAKERY

    Breads from the La Brea Bakery by Nancy Silverton This bread book is based on a classic method of creating bread with a natural yeast starter. It is not about a quick glance at a recipe and throwing a few ingredients together, but understanding the...

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  • the bread bible by rose levy beranbaum

    THE BREAD BIBLE

    The bread bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum When this bread book came out in 2003 it created a storm.  It polarised people into lovers or haters of the Beranbaum approach to bread making.  The lovers bought it for their friends to spread the love ever-wider;...

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  • 640 - the bread book

    THE BREAD BOOK

    The bread book by Linda Collister This is The bread book as created by baker Linda Collister and photographer Anthony Blake.  The bread recipes are from all around the world and are accompanied by anecdotes and special details from the bakers who shared their recipes...

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  • The bread machine cookbook 2005

    THE BREAD MACHINE COOKBOOK

    The bread machine cookbook by Donna Rathmell German In the early 1990s, Donna Rathmell German produced a series of six bread machine books, plus one with Ed Wood. The bread machine cookbook (1991, revised 2005) The bread machine cookbook II (1991) The bread machine cookbook...

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  • dough in a bread machine

    THE BREAD MACHINE COOKBOOK II

    The bread machine cookbook II by Donna Rathmell German This is Donna Rathmell German’s second book in her bread machine series.  It covers a wide range of flavors – such as honey bread, corny bread, pepperoni bread, and apple oatmeal raisin bread, to name a...

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  • chocolate chip bread in a bread machine

    THE BREAD MACHINE COOKBOOK III

    The bread machine cookbook III by Donna Rathmell German The recipes in this bread book are spread across a range of flavors and tastes: white and whole grain breads, fruit and vegetable breads, sourdough, as well as spice, herb, coffee cake and dough cycle breads....

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